10 May, 2010 @ 12:13
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Wounded Spanish bullfighter jets back to Gibraltar

MAIMED Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas has jetted back to Gibraltar after being released from hospital in Mexico.

Tomas – who was seriously gored in his left thigh – touched down and headed to his Estepona home to continue his recovery.

“He managed a smile for his family and friends, who came to meet him.”

Less than two weeks ago the acclaimed Tomas, 34, required an eight-litre blood transfusion after suffering a six-inch deep gouge in his thigh.

An eyewitness at Gibraltar airport said: “He seemed a little thinner and is still using a wheelchair.

“However, he managed a smile for his family and friends, who came to meet him.”

Tomas’ rehabilitation will reportedly be helped by brother Antonio – physiotherapist and Estepona Union midfielder.

He had already made “great strides” in his recovery but has cancelled fights at Bilbao and Cordoba at the end of May.

But the battling Tomas is already considering making appearances in Madrid and Granada in June.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

2 Comments

  1. Shame the bull didn’t finish the job. Please note that this senorito won’t have spent more than 30mins in Gibraltar as he will have scuttled across the frontier into Spain as quickly as possible.

    Nice to think that he wouldn’t be allowed to earn his living here in Gibraltar as bullfighting would be illegal under our animal protection laws.

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